Tax advice as a secret weapon in beauty contests is a neglected strategy, according to this UK tax solicitor. Of interest is her take that your tax department should be more than a transaction support function—an unexciting backwater full of competent...

The history and the reputation of marketing departments in law firms are, shall we say, checkered. Theories of why that’s so abound, and among the usual suspects are that: the value and the impact of highly sophisticated legal services is ineffable (so it...